tech policy summit

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit

Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy SummitLike patriotism, "innovation" is the last refuge of scoundrels.Whenever government contemplates restrictions in defense of IP rights, the argument that preventing theft inhibits innovation is likely to be heard. Actually, the best way to encourage innovation would be to make activities illegal....

Tags: Government, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Strategy, Tech Policy Summit, DMCA Safe Harbors, Lohmann, innovation, harbor

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

Tech Policy Summit: Silicon Valley missing in action

Tech Policy Summit: Silicon Valley missing in actionDC is Missing for 30 YearsIn the 1920s, Std Oil, GM and Firestone were sued for anti-trust violations. They bribed Los Angeles leaders and got them to remove the Red Line tracks; forever destroying right-of-way for an efficient rail line that would be...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Leadership, Tech Policy Summit, Internet

Discussion threads 2007-02-28

Tech Policy Summit: Silicon Valley missing in action

Earlier this week I attended the Tech Policy Summit in San Jose at the Dolce Hayes Mansion, a southern tip of Silicon Valley. Speakers included top government officials, such as Jon Dudas, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Greg Garcia, the Department of Homeland Securitys cybersecurity czar; Congressman...

Tags: Broadband, General, Government, Green Tech, Legal, Telecommunications, Web Technology, Wired & Wireless

Blog posts 2007-02-28

Tech Policy Summit: Fixing the patent system...soon

Tech Policy Summit: Fixing the patent system...soonWanted - proof readerEither you had the "mangle text" option of your word processor turned on or you should fire your editor.HOW COULD THE PATENT LAWS BE ANYTHING BUT FAIR?The Government uses the same logic and fairness ideas as all normal humans do.You invent...

Tags: Tech Policy Summit, patent system

Discussion threads 2007-02-27

Additional Resources

Five reasons Google Android smartphones will beat iPhone, BlackBerry, WinMo

Ultimately, the market decides. ntnt = no textI'm not surprisedAndroid has the right formula going forward. I think Blackberry will outsell winmo, though. I'm seeing more traction in RIM's direction in developing countries. Blackberry handsets are beginning to filter down to the everyday working class, thanks to the introduction of...

Tags: Smart phones, Mobile operating systems, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Google Inc., Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Google Android, Apple Inc., smart phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

News to know: Apple; AT&T; Google Books; Palm Pixi; Verizon; Best Buy-Microsoft

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Live blog from Apple's "It's only Rock n Roll" event Apple afterthoughts: The real news is what...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple iPod, Palm Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Linux, Digital Music, Digital Media, Government, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Blog posts 2009-09-10

News to know: E-readers; Web OS and IT; VMware; Cisco

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dion Hinchcliffe: How the Web OS has begun to reshape IT and business Oliver Marks: Course Credits as a...

Tags: E-reader, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Web, Virtualization, Information Technology, Amazon.com Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Camera, E-books, Open Source, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-08

Comparison in green

Last Wednesday The register carried two green related reports. One, headlined Canadian prof: Green IT is a waste of time: Digital nomads will destroy the planet was by Lewis Page, an anti-research, anti-military propagandist whose report grossly over simplifies, and thus misrepresents, the already over simplified press...

Tags: Report, Green IT, Research & Development, Business Operations, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-02-28

Doerr: Obama's tech focus and how tech companies can ride the storm

Venture Capitalist John Doerr, appearing at the Web 2.0 Summit, said that there are thing that the incoming Obama administration can do to help the tech industry, starting with a focus on energy, basic research and higher education - the recipe that started the Internet. "We need...

Tags: U.S., Alternative Energy, Sales Strategy, Web 2.0, Financial Accounting, Investment, Sales, Internet, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-05

Does Microsoft really need to diversify into consumer products?

Watching Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates go through the paces during his last Microsoft CEO Summit keynote on May 14, I couldn't help but ponder again why Microsoft thinks it needs to be both a business and a consumer software vendor. From May 13 to 15, Microsoft officials...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Tech Innovation, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-14

News to know: Dell; MinWin; Microsoft's Glasnost; Mozilla

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Dell: We'll save $3 billion; Cut 8,800 positions Ed Bott: Is MinWin really the new Windows 7 kernel? Jason Perlow: Microsoft Meets Open Source: Glasnost 2.0. Dana Blankenhorn: If the birthmark fits, Microsoft will wear it ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Wireless LANs, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-04-01

News to know: OOXML; Adobe AIR for Linux; Copyright; Best midrange hardware

Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybe Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft OOXML standardization bid: The clock is ticking OOXML standard vote down to the wire  Christopher Dawson: OOXML vs. ODF - Should Ed Tech care? ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe AIR, Microsoft Corp., Hardware, Photo-sharing, Dashwire, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit

The group of copyright scholars and advocates gathered Wednesday at the Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood demonstrated that while copyright must function in a converged world, opinions on how it should function are as divergent as ever. The panel pictured from left to right consisted...

Tags: Innovation, Lawsuit, Patent, Harbor, TiVo Inc., Fred, Lohmann, Copyrights, Copyright System, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Denise Howell

Blog posts 2008-03-31

News to know: Office Live Workspace; Leopard; Web 2.0 Summit; Digital media ethics

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Get a sneak peek of Microsoft's Office Live Workspace service. Gallery right. Ryan Stewart: Silverlight as the driver for Microsoft's services. Ryan Naraine: Memory randomization ALSR coming to Mac OS X Leopard. Dan Farber @ Web...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Digital Media, Microsoft Office Live, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Ethics, Business Ethics, Web 2.0, Microsoft Office, Leadership, Management, Internet, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-18

Podcast: Oracle & BEA, Zune, tech policy and more...

This week on the Dan & David Show we discuss Oracle's proposed bid to acquire BEA. Unless a white knight (IBM or SAP, for instance) comes in to outbid Oracle, the marriage is likely a fait accompli, with BEA angling to up the bid price from $17 per share. ...

Tags: Podcast, BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Zune, Podcasts, Internet, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-12

Bush and planet Earth, any overlap?

Today President George W. Bush's own special, invitation-only, climate change summit is wrapping up in Washington D.C. Earlier this week the United Nations held a conference of all members on the same suibject. Secretary of State Rice attended on behalf of the U.S. Bush could not allow...

Tags: George W. Bush, Conference, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-09-28

The Dan & David Show

Intel & AMD's benchmark battleIn this week's Dan & David Show, ZDNet editors, Dan Farber and David Berlind discuss a range of tech topics, including Intel & AMD's opposing benchmark results, Adobe's Apollo platform and news from the Tech Policy Summit in San Jose, California.

Whiteboards 2007-03-01

Intel vs. AMD, Adobe's Apollo mission and more on the Dan and David Show

This week on the Dan & David Show, David and I are both in the same place San Francisco at the same time for a change. We hook up in the ZDNet broadcast studio in our nice suits, the professional look, for a video version of the show, thanks to...

Tags: Adobe, Adobe Apollo, Adobe Systems Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD, Broadband, Dan &, David Show, Dan Farber, General, Government, Hardware Infrastructure, Intel, Intel Corp., Legal, Microsoft, Telecommunications, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-03-01

Tech Policy Summit: Patent Office head lays out reform strategy

Tech Policy Summit: Patent Office head lays out reform strategyUSPTOI think the problem of the USPTO is bigger than we all imagined. There was I thinking we needed to have a discussion about what fundamentally constitutes a patent, and instead we told that there is an "error rate" of only...

Tags: PATENT Process, strategy, patent, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, software, error rate, software patent, patent office

Discussion threads 2007-02-28

Should Silicon Valley companies care about tech policy?

There was a low turnout at the Silicon Valley Tech Policy Summit in San Jose that was attributed to six inches of snow in Washington D.C. which grounded travelers.But that doesnt explain why there werent lots of Silicon Valley execs at the two day conference. Or rather, it shows...

Tags: Tech Policy

Blog posts 2007-02-28